After months of expert analysis, report writing, planning and problem solving, we were pretty keen to get straight into clearing the section as soon as we got our Resource Consent. So we did!

With the generous help of Kylie’s Mum, Dad and brother, we got stuck in and made massive progress over just one day. I loved it! It was a hard slog, but very satisfying to be finally making some progress.

Here are some progress photos. It was awesome to see the building platform appear from the overgrowth as we got our first glimpses of what it will be like living in our dream home.

Check out my NZ Herald story too, it has a lot more detail about our progress.

Pretty excited to have our Resource Consent and be able to start working on the section!

The section just before we began clearing it.

Making the first official cut on the section. Yahoo!

Kylie and her brother dealing to some undergrowth while her dad loads up the skip.

Kylie, her brother and dad working like champions while I skive off taking photos!

Check it out, plenty of room for our house to go now. Great sweat patch too!

Kylie loving it, right about where our bedroom pod will eventually be.

Not a bad day’s work!